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Key West is closer to Havana (about 106 miles or 171 kilometers by air or sea) [8] than it is to Miami (130 miles or 210 kilometers by air or 165 miles or 266 kilometers by road). [7] Key West is the usual endpoint for marathon swims from Cuba, including Diana Nyad's 2013 swim [33] [34] and Susie Maroney's 1997 swim from within a shark cage. [35]
Key West Heritage House Museum and Robert Frost Cottage; Key West Historic District; Key West Bight; Key West Lighthouse; Mallory Square; Martello Gallery-Key West Art and Historical Museum; U.S. Naval Station (Key West, Florida) Pan Am; Dr. Joseph Y. Porter House; Old Post Office and Customshouse (Key West, Florida) Sloppy Joe's; Southernmost ...
Milagro Restaurant anchors the property with Key West-inspired fare such as pink shrimp and swordfish steaks while 24-hour concierge service can also assist guests when it comes to any type of ...
The limestone that eroded from the reef formed oolites in the shallow sea behind the reef, and together with the skeletal remains of bryozoans, formed the Miami Limestone that is the current surface bedrock of the lower Florida peninsula and the lower keys from Big Pine Key to Key West. To the west of Key West the ancient reef is covered by ...
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Following Spain's secession of Florida to the United States in 1819, the first permanent colonization of Key West began with American possession in 1821. [6] Legal claim of the island occurred with the purchase by businessman, John W. Simonton, in 1822, in which federal property was asserted only three months later with the arrival of U.S. Navy Lieutenant Mathew C. Perry.
The Key West Historic District (also known as Old Town of the City of Key West) is a U.S. historic district (designated as such on March 11, 1971) located in Key West, Florida. It encompasses approximately 4,000 acres (16 km 2 ), bounded by White, Angela, Windsor, Passover, Thomas and Whitehead Streets, and the Gulf of Mexico .